| Due Date |
Assignment |
| Jan 19 |
Article 1, Part 4 of the Student Code |
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Some Nuclear Policy and War Terms |
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A More Effective Approach to US Security |
| Jan 24 |
The Last Train From Hiroshima: Chapter 1 |
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"Race for the Superbomb" Transcripts: Intro, Act I, Act II, Act III, Act IV |
| Jan 26 |
The Physics and Technology of Nuclear-Explosive Materials |
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Use of Reactor-Grade and Weapons-Grade Plutonium in Nuclear Explosives |
| Jan 31 |
The Future of U.S. Nuclear Weapons |
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Time to Attack Iran | Matthew Kroenig | Jan-Feb 2012 Foreign Affairs |
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Not Time to Attack Iran | Colin H. Kahl | Jan-Feb 2012 Foreign Affairs |
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Will Israel Attack Iran? |
| Feb 7 |
Envisioning a Deal With Iran |
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Trading Threats With Iran |
| Feb 9 |
The Day After Midnight (Nuclear Weapon Effects) |
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Environmental Consequences of Nuclear War |
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Obama Backpedals on Nonproliferation |
| Feb 14 |
What Terrorists Want: Introduction, Chapters 1, 2, 3, & 4 |
| Feb 16 |
What Terrorists Want: Chapters 5, 6, 7, & 8 |
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Calling It Jihad Makes It So
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War against Islam is a mistake
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| Feb 21 |
Nuclear Terrorism Fact Sheet |
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Preventing Catastrophic Nuclear Terrorism [Click on the link "Nuclear Terrorism Csr (324K PDF)" at the lower left of this page to download the report] |
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Securing the Bomb 2010 |
| Feb 23 |
Connecting the counter-terrorism dots is hard |
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Perfect protection against terrorism is impossible |
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Don't panic. Fear is al-Qaeda's real goal |
| Mar 8 |
Global Fissile Material Stocks (2010 report by the Institute for Science and International Security) |
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Hidden Travels of the Atomic Bomb |
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Worldwide Nuclear Weapon Inventories (2011 report by the Arms Control Association) |
| Mar 10 |
Worldwide Ballistic Missile Inventories (2009 report by the Arms Control Association) |
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Ballistic Missile Threat to the United States Through 2015 (December 2001 U.S. National Intelligence Estimate) |
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The Ballistic Missile Threat (June 2001 report by Joseph Cirincione) |
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Ballistic and Cruise Missile Threat (June 2009 NASIC Report) |
| Mar 27 |
History of Iran's nuclear energy program |
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2007 National Intelligence Estimate of Iran's Nuclear Program |
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2010 Unclassified Report on Iran's Nuclear and Missile Programs |
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Iran's Outstanding Nuclear Issues at a Glance |
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Evaluating Iran's missile threat |
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Does Iran now have enough nuclear explosive material to make a bomb? |
| Mar 29 |
Chronology of U.S.-North Korean Nuclear and Missile Diplomacy |
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North Korea's Nuclear Weapons Program |
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Sig Hecker - What I found in Yongbyon and Why It Matters |
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North Korean Missile Threat |
| Apr 3 |
U.S. Missile Defense Programs at a Glance |
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The European Phased Adaptive Approach at a Glance |
| Apr 10 |
Frequently asked questions about the DPRK space launch attempt |
Apr 12 |
A Technical Evaluation of the Operational-Effectiveness of the Planned US National Missile Defense |
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The Delusion of Missile Defense |
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October 2010 DSB Report - Midcourse Intercept is Infeasible |
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FAS Fact Sheet on US Missile Defense Program in Europe |
| Apr 17 |
The Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) at a Glance |
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The Nuclear Nonproliferation Regime |
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U.S.-Russian Nuclear Arms Control Agreements at a Glance |
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New START at a Glance |
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Verification of New START |
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Lugar - Romney misinformed on New START Treaty |
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Latest US-Russian Arsenals under New START |
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How to Build on the New START Treaty |
| Apr 19 |
The Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) at a Glance |
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The US National Academy of Sciences 2012 Report on the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty |
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Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty (FMCT) at a Glance |
| April 26 |
Toward True Security (UCS) |
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2010 Nuclear Posture Review Executive Summary |
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What We Spend on Nuclear Weapons |
| May 1 |
President Obama's Prague speech on nuclear arms |
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Kissinger, Shultz back Obama push to eliminate nuclear arms |
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Deterrence in the Age of Nuclear Proliferation |
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Nuclear Deterrence in a Changed World |
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Fewer nukes, more security |
